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- Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 5/3/1969
Lewis E. Blackley, 75, a desk
lieutenant for the Town of Tonawanda
police department for 40
years, died Friday after a long
illness, at Kenmore Mercy Hospital,
Kenmore.
He is survived by his widow,
Myrtle K. Blackley of Kenmore.
Son of John and Margaret Noble
Blackley, Mr. Blackley was
born Oct. 18, 1893 in Lockport.
He retired from the Tonawanda
police department three
years ago. He was a member of
the Town of Tonawanda Police
Association, Captain and Lieu-
tenants Association and the wes-
tern New York State Police con-
ference Association.
Mr. Blackley was one of the
first civilians to enlist in World
War I from Lockport. He was
a member of teh Society of First
Divisons, M. J. Bronnchille Am-
erican Legion Post 205. Ken-
more, the Harry E. Crosby Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars, 2472,
Kenmore and the Ken-Ton Bar-
racks 887, Veterans of World
War 1, Kenmore.
Besides his widow, he is
survived by four sons, Lew-
is K., Donald A., Bryant N. and
Dennis C., all of Kenmore.
He is also survived by three
brothers; John C. and Harold N.
of Lockport and Robert F. of Or-
lando, Fla.
Mr. Blackley was the brother
of the late William Blackley,
Mildred Blackley Savigny, Eth-
el Blackley Dunn and Beulah
Blackley Paladino.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at Lester Wedekindt fu-
neral Home, 3290 Delaware
Ave., Kenmore. Friends may
call from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.
ALSO
North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 5/3/1969
BLACKLEY - Lewis Ever-
ett, retired lieutenant of police,
Town of Tonawanda, Friday
(May 2, 1969), of 204 Zimmer-
man Blvd.
Beloved husband of Myrtle
Kinzly Blackley: father of
Lewis K.. Donn A.. M. N. «Pat»
and B. C. (Dennis) Blackley;
grandfather of Donn A.. Todd
S.. Dean A.. Renee. Lewis T.
and Elaine Blacklev: brother of
John C. Sr. of Lockport. N.Y..
Robert F. of Orlando. Fla..
Harold N. of Lockport. N.Y. and
the late William. Mrs. Mildred
Savigny and Mrs. Ethel Dunn.
Funeral services from the Les
ter H. Wedekindt Inc. Funeral
Home. 3290 Delaware Ave..
Monday at 1 p.m. Friends are
invited.
Mr Blackley was a past executive
secretary of the W.N.Y.
State Police Conference Assn..
a life member of the Captains
and Lieutenants Assn. of Erie
County, member of the Town of
Tonawanda Police Assn.. So
ciety of the First Div.. life member
ol the Milton J. Brounshidle
Post No. 205. American Legion.
Kenmore. a charter member
of the Harry E. Crosby
Veterans of Foreign Wars No.
2472. Kenmore. and the Ken-Ton
Barracks No. 887. Veterans of
WW 1. Family present from 2-5
and 7-9 p.m.
ALSO
Same date and paper
Lewis E. Blackley. a retired
desk lieutenant with 38 years of
s e r v i c e to the Town of
Niagara Falls Blvd, Tonawanda Police Depart-
ment. died yesterday at the age
of 75 in Kenmore Mercy
Hospital.
Mr Blacklev, who resided at
104 Zimmerman Blvd., Town of
Tonawanda, retired in 1964. A
founder and the first executive
secretary of the Western New
York State Police Conference
Association, he served in that
office for 25 years.
While employed in the town
police ranks, he served as act-
ing chief at various times. He
was a life member of the Cap-
tains and Lieutenants Associa-
tion of Erie County and also be-
longed to the Town of Tona-
wanda Police Association.
A native of Lockport, Mr.
Blackley was a graduate of
Lockport High School, where
he was a member of the foot-
ball team. He later served with
the First Division, Army Engi-
neers, during World War I, and
received a Purple Heart after
being wounded in France.
A charter member of Ken-Ton
Barracks 887. World War I Veterans.
Mr Blackley also was a
life member of Milton Brounshidle
Post 205. American Legion.
Town of Tonawanda Mr
Blackley s memberships also
included Harry Crosby Post
2472. Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the Society of the First
Division.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Myrtle Kinzly. four
sons. Lewis K . Donn A . M. N.
(P a t ) and B C ( Dennis )
Blackley. all of the Town of
Tonawanda, three brothers
John C. Sr. and Harold N., both
of Lockport. and Robert F.
Blackley of Orlando. Fla. Also
s u r v i v i n g are s ix grandchildren.
The family will be present at
the Lester H. Wedekindt Funeral
Home, 3290 Delaware
Ave.. Town of Tonawanda.
where services will be conducted
at 1 p.m. Monday. A
committal service will follow in
the Little Chapel of the Elms in
Elmlawn Cemetery, Town of
Tonawanda.
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1893 - 1969 (75 years)